Largest Steamship Afloat Pronounced Steady as a Rock
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Gales and High Seas Made No Impression on Her, and None of the Passengers Was Seasick
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The largest steamship ever constructed slowly made her way, last evening
between 6 and 8 o'clock, up New York Bay and the North River to the
White Star piers at the foot of Bank Street. The huge vessel was the
new transatlantic liner Cedric, a sister of the Celtic of the same
fleet, but ninety-six tons larger.

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Her commander is Capt. H. J. Haddock, C. B., R. N. R., formerly of the
Britannic, Germanic and Celtic. The chief officer is Lieut. Alexander
Hambleton, R. N. R., and the chief engineer J. W. Alexander, who for the
last two years had been chief engineer on the Britannic, which has been
doing service as a Government transport. The purser is H. McElroy.

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